Dickson County, Tennessee

Dickson County is a county located in the state of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Charlotte.

Geography

The County is located north-west of the geographic center of Tennessee, is located in the north about 50 miles from Kentucky and has an area of ​​1272 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Montgomery County, Cheatham County, Williamson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County and Houston County.

History

Dickson County was formed on October 25, 1803 from parts of Montgomery County and Robertson County. It was named after William Dickson, a friend of President Jackson, a member of the U.S. Congress, President of the House of Representatives from Tennessee from 1806 to 1816 and a board member of the University of Nashville.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Dickson County 43 156 people in 16,473 households and 12,173 families. The population density was 34 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 93.25 percent White, 4.58 percent African American, 0.40 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.47 percent from other races groups; 1.01 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.12 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 16,473 households out of which 35.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.3 percent were married couples living together, 11.5 percent were single mothers and 26.1 percent were non-families. 22.3 percent of all households and 8.9 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average household size was 3.02 people.

26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 to 24, 30.7 percent between 25 and 44, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.7 percent were older than 65, the average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 39,056, and the median income for a family was $ 45,575. Males have a median income of $ 32,252, women $ 23,686. The per capita income was $ 18,043. 8.1 percent of families and 10.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.